A POULTRY COMPENDIUM. 



D D D the doors of the building. Beneath the roosts 

 a board to catch droppings may be placed. The floor 

 is to be boarded, or to be of dry earth, as the builder 

 may desire. 



Fig. 2 represents the front elevation, which is seven 

 feet high; the rear is five feet in height. The windows 

 should be provided with wire netting, so as to open and 

 allow a free circulation of air through the house. This 

 is specially necessary during the summer season. 



Fig. 2. 



Fig. 3 shows an end elevation, (the opening of the 

 small sliding window to be covered with wire netting, 

 for the purpose of securing ventilation.) 



The house in this plan, drawn for my own use, is 

 designed to face the east. If you can give a southern 

 exposure, let the small doors A A be placed beneath the 

 large windows. 



The bill of lumber needed will be as follows: For 

 frame, rafters, etc., 187 feet spruce; covering, 400 feet 



